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The Generous Space of Alternative Game Engines (A Curation)

Game Developer

The pursuit of platform agnosticism is a way of reclaiming power constantly lost to the game industry's drive to maximize profits.

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What GameMaker's 25-year run tells us about the game engine market

Game Developer

November 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the company behind Gamemaker, a popular game engine for indies.

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What to do about Game Engines with Rez Graham and Bryant Francis: Game Developer Podcast Ep. 42

Game Developer

On today's podcast, we discuss a few hot topics in game engines: including Unity's bid to rebuilt trust with developers and the case for rolling one's own tech.

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Real reasons (not) to build custom game engines in 2024

Game Developer

Drawing from Highfleet's experience, this article explains why building your own engine may be a bad idea and when it might be worth considering.

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A comprehensive guide to the Unity Game Engine: Answers to Your Questions

Game Developer

Are you curious about how to make games with Unity? This guide will teach you everything you need to know when considering Unity as the engine for your next game project.

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WarThunder Game Engine – Dagor – Engine – Open Sourced

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com WarThunder Game Engine – Dagor – Engine – Open Sourced Out of nowhere and with no announcements, Gaijin Entertainment, the makers of the popular MMO War Thunder have just released the source code to the underlying game engine Dagor Engine.

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The best free game making tools

Game Developer

From small and specialized game engines like Bitsy and Ren'Py to the free versions of bigger tools like Unity and Unreal, here are a few of the best tools with the lowest barrier to entry.